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_ PAGE FOUR. 21 RINKS IN 0S Yanks Capture American Flag Mew York, opti The New York Yankees clinched the American Leaouc pennant yesterday beyond all mathe- matieal doubt with a double vietory «ver Cleveland, each by a score of to J. B be Ruth, clubbing out one home run in each ne to bring his season's Youd hog to lod the Back Ay de- initely assured the Yankees their sec- ond Haight championship and fifth in seven years under the managemen' of Mi Huggins. The Yankees steamroller, flattening all Bpposition almost from the start of the 'season, clinched the flag with the finish of the season still nearly thre« wedks away and with the overwhelm: ing- margin of seventeen games ove the second place Philadelphia Athletics It is one of the most decisive vicioric in the history of either maior learne and a contrast to the Yankee triumpl last yenr when the team barely stag gered in at the finish with a three game margin over Cleveland. | ot Chance For. Macks | With fifteen more games to play, th Yarkees may lose all of them and stil finish. at the top of a single game mar gin, even though «the Athletics wo all of their remaining seventeen con test ' » ith 98 victories and only 41 defen' on § their slate, including Tuesday ranfes, the Yankees have an exceller | chagee to break the American Leas recdrd for total wins in a season, Th was set at 105 by the Rost Sox in 1921, The major leagy , 116. victories, hung up by th go Cubs in 1906, is out of the e Yankees have set a few ne ing' 'records already this seas may stand for some time. Th snectacular Ruth-Gehrig battle has er them to break the major leacy record for total home runs. Tw by Ruth today, along with others b Pat Collins, and "Earl Coombs, hrough the Yankee aggregate up to 145, fiv morg than the record of 140 set by th Chieago Nationals in 1884, The Amer' can {League's former record, 134, wa set By the Yankees in 1921 when Rut! bin up his high individual mark o Pip Outpitches Hudlin George; Pipgras outpitched Willi: Hudlin to win the first game yesterda) while Waite Hoyt enjoyed the distinc Vion jot hain the deciding game marki is 21st. victory, Rehis 'homers enabled the Yankee to come from behind and tie the scor edch time. His first was made in th sevedth 'inning of the opening gam withgKoenig on base; the other off Jou Shagte in the fourth inning of the final' game, started a four-run ral that glinched the game. : The Athletics slugged the offering: of Connally and Jacobs for 19 hits ane trounced the Chicago White Sox a Philad, hish ya score-of 15 ot 5. Al though Lefty Grove was foreed to re tire in favor of Rube Walberg in th sixth, he was given credit for the vis tory, § w * Tigers Drop Two Timely hitting gave the Senators a double victory at Washington over the Tizers, who dropped the second game of a doubleheader 5 to 3 after losing the firsts, 3 to 2. STRONG FIELD FOR LADIES' GOLF OPEN AT LAMBTON LINKS The twenty-second annual Canadiar ladies' open eolf championship, which will he decided at the Lambton Club during the week of October 3, will have the strongest international field in thr history 'of the event. According to the requests for accommodation received hv. Secretary Mason, of the Lambton Club, already, there will be four nations represepted in the play--France, Great Britain United States and Canada. The United Bates has been represented al- most ex ly for a ber of years past and several times there have been entrants from Great Britain, but this will be the first time that four na- tions have been répresented. Last year at Winpipeg the champi ip was a Canadian affair solely. Among those who have indicated their intention to compete, by request- ing accommodation are Mlle. Simone ume, the young French play- 5s both the! British and French titles, and who is at present, in Canada. Before the Canadian tour- ney she will compete in the American championship at Cherry Valley, which commences next Monday. Mrs. Har- rison and Miss Bosworth are two FEng- lish ladies who will seek the Canadian tithe while the United States entry will be bigeer than ever judging by present indi ms and the entire American v not be known until after United States title is decided, al- though it is expected that Miss Glenna Collet: and Miss Marion Oremtt will e. 1. 4 lead a contingent of at least six prominent Detroit and Michigan Ravers. : . M. L. R. Spauldinz, of alo. will be ed by at feast a dozen: other players from the Bison City, while Mrs. Eleora Harwood, of New York and Mrs. J. W. Taylor, of , 3 compete. Mrs. W. J. Fraser, who as Miss Al- ex3 Stirling, won the title some years ago, will lead a strong Ottawa con- ; 4 ich will include Miss Helen '|and previously bad served with De- troit. While with the Tigers he was A ~'s son had an. ambition to become a lawyer. He ment to town and was pugaged as a clerk by a soli- citor. After three days he returned to the famm. AWA Bill, how d'ye like the flaw?" asked his. father. off Wednesday. Stacey Trophy Is Main Four Games on Plus and Minus System Will Be Play- ed -- Greens in Splendid Shape Much to Delight of Visiting Bowlers -- First Game Started at 11 o'Clock feature sport event is taking whe on the greens of the Oshawa awn Bowling Club today in the form of the annual Fall tournament, While the weather during the past few days has been threatening, al- though it has not rained, this has had a tendency to lower the entry with the result that at noon today anly about 21 rinks had entered the competition for the beautiful John Stacey Trophy, Approximately one hundred lovers of the trundling game weré present and those who did not participate sat around and anjoyed themselves renewing ac- juaintances with those who had some from a distance, Actual bowl- ng got under way about 11 o'clock, ] Tour games on the plus system will e played. Rinks under prominent skips from Il over the district as far as To- Cu | Torney Now Under LE (THE OSHAWADAILY TIMES, : WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER. 14, 1927 Huge Silver Prises of Bi ay RUTH HITS 51ST AND 52ND HOMERS New York, Sept. 14.--Babe Ruth's fifty-first and fiity-second home runs yesterday against Cleveiand brought the Bambino seven swats ahead of Lou Gehrig, his closest rival, and seemed to assure him the long distance hitting Shampionship of the majors for the season, barring a highly improb- able rush by Gehrig, With the season finale nearly three weeks away, Ruth is only seven home runs away fro mhis record mark es- tablished in 1921. The Ruth-Gehrig standing: Games Ruth, 1921 .. 139 Ruth, 1927 ... | Gehrig, 1927 JACK WRIGHT WINS SECOND ROUND GAME U. S. TENNIS SINGLES Forest Hills, N.Y. Sept. 14--Jack Wright, ot Montreal, Canadian cham- pion and Davis Cup star, was the only one of three Canadian players to em- Homers LY) ronto and St. Catharines are present and the greens are in wonderful rondition, quite keen, with the re- wit that the officials of the local lub are receiving the congratula- fons of the visiting howlers. The John Stacey Trophy, a big diver cup, standing almost two and + halt feet high, is the main prize 'Ithonrh eeverr] other tokens will he given the winners, The Stac 'rophy was won last year hv a rink tkipped by A. BE. Miller of Uxbridee, "he rink wns composed of Messrs. '. Malco', lead ™ G. Gold, second nd J. C. MeNabb, vice skip, In 1023, he first year that the trophy was wt up for competition, it was car- fed off by a rink from the Toronto 't, V.. W. Hiltz, and .composed of fessrs, J Taylor, A, Rogers, R., 03. Mliott, These men played lead, sec- nd and vice-skip respectively, The followine {is the draw as nade this morning: E. Paradee, Oshawa. W. E. Vanstone, Whitby, E. W. Detenbeck, Oshawa, Rev. Scott, Cannington, C. H. Peacock, Oshawa. A. Rogers, St, Catharines. C. J. 8. Morison, Oshawa, G. Robb, Whitby, J. H. R. Luke, Oshawa, W. C. Mack, Toronto St. Mats, A. R. Ellis, Toronto Withrows, Dr. Williams, Sunderland, 8, Young, Oshawa, D. Carnegie, Port Perry. FP. Gentle, Toronto St. Mats, W. McCallum. Toronto Monarchs. J. Kennedy, Uxbridge, FP. W. Stanley, Port Hope. W. Cook, Whitby, F. A. Cochrane, Oshawa, A. H. Greenwood, Port Hope. The first mentioned sixteen rinks vill participate in the firsy round while the last five will go into the cond round. In the event of an- other rink not entering a bye will "e handed out to the last rink. YOUNG BIRD RACE Pigeons Fly 188 Miles from Kent Bridge--Next Race from Tilbury its sixth young bird race Saturday to Kent Bridge, a distance east of 188 miles by airline. The result is given below. Next Saturday the Society plans to old the race from Tilbury, an airline distance of 208 miles. This 'will be the last race of the season and will | decide the winner of the Bakogeorge | xBoston Challenge Cup. Bramley Bros: W. Coyston C. Sparrow 1077.16 107682 107594 1074.49 | 1074.21 | 107202 Syracuse, Sept. 14.--Sylvester John- son, who pitched a no-hit game for Syracuse against Buffalo several weeks ago, was advanced to the St. Louis Cardinals last night and order- ed to report immediately. Haid left at once to join the World's Champ- ions and Johnson is expected to shoye Johnson was with St. Louis last year struck in the face by a drive from the bat of Bob Falk, White Sox out- fielder, and" suffered a fractured jaw that put him out of competition. Last year with St. Louis he broke his an- kie and was again rendered hors de combat. So far this season Johunson has twirled fine ball. He has won 18 games asid lost 13 for the Stars, and several "It ain what it's cracked up to he," roe R#l gloomily. "I'm sorry I learned jit." A. om s-- of his losses have been by marrow fmargins. Matthews skipped by ex-Mayor BRAMLEY BROS, WIN The Oshawa Homing Society held | crge successfully frum the sccond 'round of the United Siates men's singles tennis championship tourna. ment yesterday. The elimination of one Canadian was linevitable as Wright and C. W. Les- lie, of Montreal, were opposed to each other in an intercity mateh which went four sets before the Canadian cham- pion defeated his fellow townsman, 7-5, 6-1, 7-9, 6-1. Wright became careless in the third set and the red-haired Lesne was quick to take advantage of his er: rors, finally deucing the set and Lreak: ing Wright's service for one of the deciding games. In the fourtn set, Wright steadied, and Leslie coud got only occasional points, Wright Meets Johnston Wright will meet William M. John ston, of California, in the third r. und. i Gilbert Nunns, young Torunto piuy- ler, made a p.ucky fight against Kene Lacoste, of France, the detcnumg champion, before succumbing 6-0, 0-2, 0-4, Lacoste's phlegmatic tennis, color- less but also almost errorless, carried him to victory in easy fashion over the hard fighting Canadian, even as the world's great players. Forgetting his awe at the reputation of his opponent, Nunus im the third set made a gallant fight and icd at 3-1, only to see the French holder of the title wear him down with drive of perfect accuracy in the later games BASEBALL RECORDS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Jost RX) [774 74 70 rel 82 v8 1 Syracuse .. Newark ... Toronto ... Baltimore .... Rochester .. Jersey City 3-/ Dyracuse .... Balumore Jersey City ... 12 Rochester Games Today Toronto at Byracuse. Jersey City at Reading. Baitimore at Newark. Rochester at Buffalo. AM ERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia Washington Detroit {Chicago Cleveland .... (St. Louis ,... Boston Ti Washington .. 3-5 Detroit 3 5p St. Louis .... hiladelphia ... 15 Chicago New York .... 5-3 Cleveland ... Games Today Detroit at Washington. St. Louis at Boston. Chicago at Philadelphia. Cleveland at New York. NATIONAL LEAGUE Won Lost 53 56 56 ow Pittsburg New York 08 80 80 's Scores 56 New York .. 6-5 Boston 6 Chicago Games Today New York at St. Louis (2 games). Boston at Pittsburg. Philadelphia at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Chicago. DEMPSEY PRESENTS MANAGER WITH $9,000 DIAMOND BRACELET Lincoln Fields, Crete, Ill - Sept. 14 --Jack Dempse + t rday presented his manager, L > Flyun, with a $9,000 diamond bracelet as a gift for Mrs. Flyon. 2 The gift was a sign, in the opinion of boxmg experts, that rumors of a it has borne him to the front rank or, : | cannot gather a formidable team. Other | Sport Snapshots Today is rather a big day locally as far as sport is concerned. There are two major events taking place, one in the evening and the other extending throughout the day. The Oshawa Lawn Bowling Club's annual Fall tournament is taking place on the greens of the club today, commencing shortly after 930 o'clock and lasting until a final winner is reached. The evening attrac- tion is the rugby meeting that is be- ing held tonight in the Y.M.CA. to consider entering an intermediate team in some league, ¥ 4 4% 3 Harmony again prevails in British Columbia football circles following a meeting of soccer clubs at Vancouver Saturday night called by the Dominion Football Association Commission. Ri- val factions amalgamated and outlaw clubs affiliated with the British Colum- bia Faothall Association without re- serve. Comment after the meeting was that the future for foothall in the pro- vince looked brighter than for many years, The Toronto Professional Baseball Club, while out of the race for the International League penant for this year, is building up its team for next season. The latest announcement in this connection is the acquisition of a new shortstop, Freddie Hasselman, That the Leaf management under the cunning O'Hara stepped in ahead of several big league people is evident by the fact that the Chicago White Socks were contemplating drafting the player on Sept 15, The Leafs bought him Sept. 12, LJ * * * Followers of ladies softhall will have an opportunity of watching what pr.- mises to he an interesting series he- tween a team from Belleville and the Pirates of the local Ladies Softball League. Announcement was made to- day that the Belleville outfit would he here Monday and a return game will be played in Belleville a week from Saturday, * * * Pittsburg made hay Tuesday, and to- day are three games ahead of the Giants and Cardinals, and five ahead j of the Cubs. The three leaders have | twenty games each to play, and from now on it will he battle of nerves. * * * LJ The Oshawa Golf Club is being rep- | resented in games being played by the | Canadian Women's Senior Golf Asso- ciation on the Mount Bruno, Montreal, course Thursday and Friday, of this | week. Those who are listed in class LB" from the local club are Mrs. Grier- son, Mrs, Geikie and Mrs. Bull, The ladies will tee off and will play 18 holes on Thursday with another 18 on | Friday, Competition will be for prizes, | the major one of which is a cup re- plica, Second prize is the Billie Mus- 1 sen Cup, | 2.8 #8 More than 1,000,000 fans have pass- =d through the turnstiles of the Cubs' haseball park here this season, estal- lishing what the Chicago club announ- ced recently was a new league season ittendance record. The best previous figure was about 970000 at the Giants' Polo Grounds in New York several years ago. The 1000000 mark was nassed at Chicago Saturday, and with 16 more games here the Cubs expect a total season attendance of 1,200,000. The Cubs led the league last season with an attendance of about 900,060. H yr The aquatic sports Military College will Saturday at Kingston. events will be held, vears, on the RM.C. Point Frederick. » of the Royal take place on The different as in former grounds near * * ® Swansea of the Toronto and District Football League has been ordered to play the Oshawa City Team here on September 24. This is a postponed game. With the locals only three points behind Neilsons and with 'three games yet to play, they stand a good chance of getting out in front of the Toronto bunch. As it now stands should Oshawa City win all of its three games, they would finish three points ahead of Nejlsons, Rugby fans who cannot attend the meeting to be held tonight at the Y.M. C.A. in regard to the formation of an intermediate club to represent this city (will await the decision with interest I'Many are of the impression that there is no reason whatever why the city * * places the size of Oshawa and smaller are operating intermediate rughy Leams. * x * » Take Dundas and Galt for instance, hese places, a great deal smaller than this city are supporting intermediate teams. Im fact the su t is 80 strong in Dundas that efforts were being made as late as last night to enter a senior team in one of the senior lea- gues. However in view of the O.RF.U. not having a league available, they could not be accommodated. * * » » Peterboro and St. George's hook up in a play off series of the O.BAA. y downs in Peterboro this afternoon. he Petes are representing the Lake- shore Senior Baseball League, while St. George's are from the Toronto Ama- teur Baseball Association. Just who will come out ahead is unknown, but Oshawa fans in general are pulling hard for the Petes. x » » Matchmaker Playfair Brown of the Shamrock A. C. is making every effort to re-match "Young" Firpo of Louis- ville and Doug Lewis, Toronto welter- weight, for his mext show, which is Ghotned hot Sept. 22, the might of the v-Tunney bout. Critics are agreed that the bout between Lewis and Firpo Monday might when the latter won a very close decision was one of the best ever seen in Toronto. As a winner Firpo expects a larger purse for a return bout. Lewis, though beaten, made such an excellent showing and worked so hard that he does mot rift between Dempsey and his pilot Were just rumors. R._--. feel that he should accept a reduction an his purse. ODAY COMING ATTRACTIONS ~--AT THE-- LOCAL THEATRES Exterior sequences of "Desert Valley," Buck Jones latest starring drama for Fox Films, which will open at the New Martin theatre Phursday for a run of three days, were "shot" in the picturesque Mo- jave desert. At Red Rock and Jaw- bone canyons, background for these scenes, the peculiar lava and mica formations have been a source of in- terest and admiration to sightseers, The formations have assumed the weird and fantastic proportions of colossal pipe organs, castles, Buck Jones Thriller Coming to New Martin Theatre on Thursday lighthouses and other shapes. The so-called 'dry lakes" in this section are also the subject of much interest These 'Lakes', some of them from three to five miles wide and eight or ten miles long were at one time filled with water but their inlet streams were in some manner cut off and after gradual evaporation, the lakes became dry, The smooth, hard surfaces of these lake bottoms are to be seen in some of the se- quences of 'Desert Valley," The story centers abhouy Buck New Martin ~Sarting Thursday A COMEDY Famous English Comic Lupino Lane in OF THE TIES." "MONTE MOUN- «BUCK JONES VIRGINIA BROWN FAIRE ~ MALCOLM WAITE Based on the moved by ihe vf ~ Saree by Rendall ¥ Nw: UNLAP Production Thrills and Suspense-- Cattlemen's over Water-Rights -- And Buck Jomes in a Story of Romance and Danger, DESERT VALLEY A Willer of the Sage~Brush land SCOIT D Feud SERIAL Boy Scouts in QUICKSAND CANYON Jones in his role as Montgomery Wilson Fitzsmith, a rover of the desert, who has fared badly in a dice game and minus most of his possessions, has come to the little town of "Desert Valley," He lands in jail after an attempt to steal pies to satisfy his hunger. Through a ruse he manages to escape but not before he has learned that Tim- othy Dean, leader of the cowmen in that section has heen accused of of breaking Jefferson Hoades' des- ert water line. Montgomery himself was responsible for this damage, having shot into the line to provide water for cattle he had found dying of thirst in the desert, He learns that Hoades, played by Malcolm Waite, has heen attempting to gain posses- sion of the cattlemen's land by cut- ting off their water supply. He sue- ceeds in spoiling these plans after an exciting series of adventures, He falls in love with Mildred Dean, the beautiful daughter of Timothy Dean and the romance has its culmination in the final scene of the picture, AT THE REGENT Cathedral Canyon's peace and quiet were badly shattered when Tom Mix and his Fox Films outfit made scenes for "The Outlaws of Red River," the latest drama star. ring Mix, The clatter of galloping hoofs and horses clashing through the under brush was followed hy the report of rifles and revolvers in one of the most thrilling screen chases that Mix has ever staged, Cathedral Canyon takes its namd from its topographical formation and it is one of the seldom-visited beauy ty spots in the rugged grandeur of California's mountains. Mix selects ed this in accordance with his policy of giving his Fox Films an educas tional value by showing theatrd patrons the beauties of America as backgrounds for the vivid action of his dramas, ( "Outlaws of Red River" is thd Screen version of Gerald Beaus' mont's magazine story, and is & colorful tale of Texas Rangers and their most daring member, known A The Falcon and played by Tom x The Falcon has made it the obs ject of his life to search for his fose ter-sister, who had been abducted by bandits in childhood when ha» parents were killed in a raid upon an emigrant train. This scene is realistically pictured in the prologue of the picture, The Falcon's successful termina- tion of the hunt and a very beauti- ful love story unfolded 'amid sur- roundings of natural beauty feature this photodrama, which will be Fair Week attraction at the Regent Trea- tre, commencing tomorrow evening. Appearing in support of Mix are Marjorie Daw, who has the leading feminine role; Arthur Clayton, William Conklin, Francis McDon- ald, Duke Lee, Lee Shumway, El- len Woodsen, Virginia Marshall and Jimmy Downs. And of course, Tony, the wonder horse, is east in an important role. Fealuring-- "THE WESTERN ACE" Action! Thrills! Suspense! Laughter! --And a Romance of Love and Adventure among the Clowd-Capped Hills of Califormial BUY SCRIP BOOK ¥1919MeI aoa CORVENRIERT ARD A ~~ WAT AR (8 (VY T 4 »